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Bill Maher and John Fetterman defend Trump's $1Bn ballroom cost as 'couch money'Source: Club Random podcast

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00:00This thing won't even be finished by the time he's done.
00:03Right.
00:03And this idea, he's not going to build a Dave & Buster's.
00:08I mean, it's just going to be a ballroom.
00:12Are they going to make you vote on this?
00:15I mean...
00:16Because it's publicly funded now?
00:18Regardless at this point, whatever's damage done already,
00:23because I haven't described it as disgusting or terrible,
00:26and if you use private money, that's terrible.
00:30If you use public money, well, that's outrageous.
00:32And now...
00:34Meanwhile, the money is like one angstrom unit
00:38of a percentage point of what our budget is.
00:41So it doesn't matter anyway.
00:42It's couch money.
00:44In my race, in 22 was spent $330 million.
00:49That was the record at that time.
00:52That's quaint compared to 24.
00:55And watch the cycle this year.
00:56Senate seats are going to be spending much more than just that
01:00to build a legacy structure for the White House.
01:05And that's only going to be used from presidents that are not going to be him.
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